What boggles my mind is how someone at some point of time thought about and devised this process and generated this salt

@fernandojrmartinez4893

2 жыл бұрын

Im about to comment this hahahaha its kinda intruguing who or what influence them to create such complex technique.

@fiddleywest3778

2 жыл бұрын

It can only be devine wisdom and guidance.

@bakedbean37

2 жыл бұрын

@@fiddleywest3778 Dissolving the salt out of something in water and then evaporating the water to collect the salt is hardly rocket science. It seems a little patronising to think that such people could only work it out with the help of some higher outside intelligence. Their taste buds will have told them the plants contained the salt and the rest would have been fairly obvious I imagine.

@brettblute7739

2 жыл бұрын

He told us it was "The Magic".

@kikaykimy

2 жыл бұрын

Same!!! hahahaha

I'm glad that there's a decent local demand for the salt and that locals appreciate it. Things like this definitely deserves attention.

@boringbastard4920

2 жыл бұрын

sound like crap jod

@phoneusandfroboof829

2 жыл бұрын

i honestly wanna try and get it. with the flavor they described in it i can only imagine how delicious it would be on a steak

I really enjoy this series, it's so interesting to hear about different cultures and how local people are keeping that culture alive after generations. Keep up the good work

@bmm894

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed . End my day with videos like this .

@XzctR

2 жыл бұрын

Man, this is a wonder world in your head. They do it just to survive. I hope they will move in another country and stop doing unpromising things like harvesting and evaporating dumb salt.

@erikad0511

2 жыл бұрын

@@XzctR huh, I have a wonder world in my head? you might think its dumb salt but #1 no one cares and #2 the local community thinks otherwise soo

Happy to see 🇰🇪 Kenya being featured

@sufferr2914

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was born in Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

@Tom_Samad

2 жыл бұрын

And i just want to add that i think the Kenyan flag is one of the coolest national flags in the world!

@after5hock273

2 жыл бұрын

The pronunciations though really killed me. Couldn’t stop laughing. Proud Kenyan 🇰🇪

@kayesacliff900

2 жыл бұрын

@@sufferr2914and so!!? you are still Kenyan by blood but not by birth

I hope everyone notices the labor of Andrew and not just for his production, but for his intelectual level of commitment, as he tryed getting the reeds in artificial way and made a conclusion.

@LordNest66

2 жыл бұрын

I really liked that part. Perhaps he came to the conclusion that the actual source of salt is somewhere in the river's course, the river carries the salt downward and the reeds absorb the salt during blooming season.

@Catafracta230588

2 жыл бұрын

@Irving Shekelstein yes, at a basic level perhaps

@sampathsris

2 жыл бұрын

@Irving Shekelstein Maybe we can call him a scientist. He did employ the scientific method and found something. This kind of discovery is actually worth a scientific paper in a recognized journal, if properly written down.

@sampathsris

2 жыл бұрын

@Irving Shekelstein you must be really smart and fun at parties.

@sampathsris

2 жыл бұрын

@Irving Shekelstein Nah. You can decide that. Clearly you are qualified to nominate people for the Nobel prize.

Man I wish I could order some of this salt directly from this gentleman! Love to see him working hard and grinding for his! Much Respect!

@trevormorara9770

Жыл бұрын

Am kenyan i can get this for you.." chumvi ya kienyeji" its a realy good type of salt

@PYPoison

Жыл бұрын

@@trevormorara9770 can you still get some?

@PYPoison

Жыл бұрын

@@trevormorara9770 let me know how I can work with you to try some.

@trevormorara9770

Жыл бұрын

@@PYPoison cool where can i get it for you or deliver it to you.

This is amazing!since we started using the salt in the hotel,it's popularity is growing, people around bungoma (Kenya)love it for it's medicinal values,and it's ability to tenderize meat..as a chef I can say it's cost meets it's value....

@AbenaMcKenzieSoapiphany

2 жыл бұрын

How can we order this River Reed salt?

@esitapatel3250

2 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy this salt? Would love to try it once

@gerardosalazar527

2 жыл бұрын

Please talk about it's medicinal values because it's hard to find veritable info about it.

@SimpleSaemple

2 жыл бұрын

There is most likely no medicinal value in this salt. I really want to taste it though.

@wangarireginah

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of this salt till today...where can it be bought?

It's expensive because other salt is cheap. It only seems expensive but given the labor going into it, it's not all bad.

@colinthiel1283

2 жыл бұрын

I would say it's quite cheap considering the labor that goes into it.

@noustrant

2 жыл бұрын

Same as pink Himalayan salt. It's expensive because of labour and also the shipping cost. It has no medicinal values or extra taste, it just looks distinct because of the pink colour of it.

As a Kenyan this is the first time I’m hearing about this. Incredible.

@petergithuku2669

2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@Kehy_ThisNameWasAlreadyTaken

2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious if a similar type (certainly not identical) could be made elsewhere in the world. Rivers all around do have reeds, but I've yet to hear of anything like this process in other places

@KingofZamunda.

Жыл бұрын

You are not alone!

@kennedyngumba320

Жыл бұрын

Ata mimi manzeh

@harrisongithaiga5983

Жыл бұрын

Mm pia man 😂

I love that you did a deep cut locally expensive thing like this, I had never heard of it. More of this kind of content pls

This salt sounds delicious. I love anything that has even just a hint of umami, and I loooove a good salt. So this seems like the salt of my dreams.

@MV-bj1yk

2 жыл бұрын

C'mon man, go buy some Morton's

@caster3678

2 жыл бұрын

Nah i'm ok.

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

2 жыл бұрын

Use regular salt with a touch of msg. Salt is salt.

@angryalientv4964

2 жыл бұрын

Just salt

@kukulroukul4698

2 жыл бұрын

meteorites have umami too :) try one !

what amazed me is the person who discovered it. Of all the grasses out there, he was able to find out that these reeds can produce salt 😂

@jamesbizs

Жыл бұрын

The water has salt in it. Grasses grow in the water. Grasses have salt. Could probably do the same with getting the water and letting it evaporate.

@kristinashamgunova9327

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbizs I'm sure people would have done that if that would produce good salt but I think the reeds work as a cleaning agent in the process of obtaining the salt. There might be just too much other stuff inside that water. Or maybe not, who knows.

This is so interesting. In the Philippines we have a similar salt called "asin tibuok". It has the same process in making it.

@leonardalcoran203

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to say the same thing! The only difference is they use papyrus and asin tibuok uses coconut husks.

@rafaelperalta1676

2 жыл бұрын

I wish that traditions like asin tibuok would continue to exist.

@astayandablinkisastink9980

2 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelperalta1676 one piece is about 400 pesos now😅...and it's hard to find too, even though I'm just a few towns away from the makers

@_perryperry

2 жыл бұрын

Whoa. I'm from the Philippines and I've never heard of this. So cool

@rafaelperalta1676

2 жыл бұрын

@@astayandablinkisastink9980 I wonder what the price could be here where I live. I'm from down south of Ph. 😅 Edit: Maybe the production is low(I've seen Erwan's video about it). I personally think most of the supply straight up goes to restaurants and other buyers.

I've lived in Kenya my entire life and I've never heard of anything like reed salt. Our local journalism must be trash.

@kelvyncharlie4876

2 жыл бұрын

wa kenya ni royalty test tu... who is cheating on who 🚮

@itgamingke

2 жыл бұрын

Because they only focus on reporting politics and murder or accident news everyday

One day: Why natural water is so expensive Why natural air is so expensive Why natural soil is so expensive

@mra.prasetio

2 жыл бұрын

It's really sad when we get to that point. Even now microplastic is already in our bodies. The damage to nature that humans do is immeasurable and we only realize it when we lose access to natural things.

@kayesacliff900

2 жыл бұрын

this is a manifestation some 150 years from now this will be the case even though none who is alive now will ever see it manifest

@rubenaugustoritto156

2 жыл бұрын

Good soil is actually quite expensive

Those are being sold for a really cheap price if compared to the work these guys have put into it.

@jhosuacelle1236

2 жыл бұрын

Word.

@carimpest

2 жыл бұрын

This is why infrastructure is as important as production, you cannot pay a fortune to people that literally produce in stone age technology and forgive me for the rudeness but this is a reality in the whole world...

@krishnaag6366

2 жыл бұрын

@@carimpest Yeah true 👍 but there are things which just couldn't be manufactured in a different way and if done it looses it's value and originality.

@carimpest

2 жыл бұрын

@@krishnaag6366 Japan is an example, technically the Wasabi making process is the same but the way they preserve the plants, take care of their employees, and also the sustainability is way more of this century, and not like in edo Japan, where I assure you they would cut the hands of a worker if one rut got ruined...it also reminded me to the liquor made in India out of the cashew apples ,they made it like if it was the first century...there's a reason why it isn't mainstream 🙄

@TheBooban

2 жыл бұрын

@@carimpest hmm. But i think you can pay for it if that’s what you want to do. People pay for stupid things all the time. They could triple the price of this salt and you wouldn’t notice the higher cost for a meal in an upscale restaurant.

Normally there’s a depressing twist in the tale that the people taking the risks and putting in the hard labour aren’t the ones who see any of the rewards. I’m glad in this instance their work pays them directly.

@crenfick7750

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that. It's good to see.

Wow what a crazy long process to get a tiny bit of salt. I admire his patience. So much work. I bet it tastes amazing

I absolutely adore these workers, they are so proud 🤜🤛

I love this channel they bring the best kind of documentaries that others can't match.

I would love to try the River Reed salt! It sounds very delicious. I can't imagine how good it would be with many kinds of good foods. Wish one day it can be sold in America as well :)

@mariadonzella4646

2 жыл бұрын

😉

@nandakoC

Жыл бұрын

I can ship you some!

@phillmilton2613

Жыл бұрын

@@nandakoC I would love to buy some. Can you help me?

“I feel like eating powerful salt today”

Looking at the prices of some “luxury salts”, I think they could sell it for more!.

@jovelnom

2 жыл бұрын

Yea way more. The process itself is an art.

@plur_ndbn

3 күн бұрын

It is no Na-based salt, something like FeCl3•2KCl and possibly very dangerous to eat

That river reed might contain a lot glutamate like tomatoes. So the salt is like tomatoe extract having the umami effect.

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like it. Expensive msg.

@TheBooban

2 жыл бұрын

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 natural msg.

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBooban it's all natural. They extract it from seaweed.

@culodesobra

2 жыл бұрын

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 thats cap

@pesty4592

2 жыл бұрын

@@culodesobra you even know what msg is made from???

This is so weird, I've never heard of ash being turned into salt. I'm assuming it contains a lot of potassium? Might be a good source for it

@bloodyricho1

2 жыл бұрын

It is kind of a huge part of making gunpowder. Saltpetre is a salt made from grass and urine

@awardfoto1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes its potassium salts. Nothing more nothing less. A plant in so much water would not contain high NaCl

@Ahinana

2 жыл бұрын

There is also bamboo salt, they have video about it

@RapTapTap69

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ahinana yeah but that's salt with bamboo being burned around it to enhance it. Not bamboo being extracted from bamboo

@biggusdickus2166

2 жыл бұрын

In canada, animals like moose must eat aquatic plants in order to get enough salt in their diet. I guess reeds worldwide just have more salt in their tissues

This is a great story as a Kenyan I approve-:) and proud.

@QOOQ8808

2 жыл бұрын

Wasiendee chumvi ya River Yala 😬

@jameskaruga6730

2 жыл бұрын

@@QOOQ8808 no no that one is tainted with You know what.

Excellent as always. Slow Foods did a great duty by creating a presidium for this magnificent product. They should definitely be rewarded for their labor.

Hahaha am from kenya how she said "Chumvi ya Kienyeji" really made me smile....proud to be Kenyan 🇰🇪.

I and my friends LOVE the SoExpensive series Please continue. Thanks

Would love to try this salt someday

This looks amazingly beautiful. They are so hard working

👏👏Good job Business insider-- Doing a better job than Kenyan media

With that long process they deserve more imo...very interesting ☺

I hope INSIDER also features much more of Souetheast Asia. There's just so much to discover there, but I also hope that they frame the topics consciously so that the value of the products remain (not like what happened to matcha)

@archiej6386

2 жыл бұрын

Classical third world country mindset. Harvest and Don t plant

@deepfriedmackerel2263

2 жыл бұрын

I know right! Southeast asia is rich in history and resources.

@swankyangelo8527

2 жыл бұрын

Asian people are the biggest ethnic group in the world. There is TONS of representation EVERYWHERE! Literally EVERYWHERE, just like white culture. Let’s let the black people get some shine in the world that we pioneered. Peace and love.

@mabeSc

2 жыл бұрын

what happened to matcha?

@stephenlambert6407

2 жыл бұрын

@@swankyangelo8527 my phone is dead and I’m working out of here in the next month so I’m just waiting for the new one for my job

"Is So Expensive" videos are always awsome to watch.

Am a Kenyan but never knew about this- Just found this article online and am like wait, this was being done this way. I learnt something new today.

I believe it’s not even expensive. For the amount of work it takes for these guys just to make 20 dollars. I think i would pay five times the price of it if the farmers get all the money

Am happy to see this as a Kenyan,great income earning potential for locals.

@itgamingke

2 жыл бұрын

Same

I am kenyan and i legit have never heard of this. so interesting and i definitely have to try this once

Incredible. Great video!

I would really like to try some of that.

since the reeds are burned, there will be hardly any organics left in the ash anyways; the same salt could be extracted by boiling the river water directly because the reeds pick the minerals from the river anyway, or maybe evaporating the water in open-air salterns the additional flavors may come from alkaline substances or partially burned material in the ash but two products have to be analyzed separately to compare them burning the reeds themselves will reduce fuel consumption and the area necessary for operation but without a steady supply of reeds (which they claimed they didn't have) it doesn't seem very efficient

@TheBooban

2 жыл бұрын

The reeds do the job of concentrating the salt and minerals over time so you don’t have to boil so much water and fiddle with adding the mineral properties, so it’s efficient to get the taste they want. They are devising ways to get more reeds. I don’t like that they are burning so much and the complain of deforestation.

@yezdanus

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBooban i agree with reeds concentrating, you are right but they might achieve the same by using open air salterns, just using evaporation I am saying it is worth a try

@watrgrl2

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBooban Also, I would imagine that the banana leaves that the salt is dried and hardened in are imparting their oils and juices as well. Banana leaves give a great flavor to foods cooked in them.

@martino6205

2 жыл бұрын

You will need lots of litres of water to boil. The reed is already concentrated.

Kenya my motherland. Lots of love. 🇰🇪 🇰🇪

Am kenyan living in kenya and am learning about this salt here.🙆🏾‍♂️

Great video. Just for clarification, "chumvi ya kienyeji" is kiswahili for "traditional salt", not river reed salt.

@pinchesmbuche4354

Жыл бұрын

But comes from reeds

Bless these harvesters, long may they continue.

Am a Kenyan, yet this is so new to me and very amazing .I wish to taste this

finally some content from my lovely Kenya

I have this salt in my house. We use it for intense flavoring. (Not seasoning regular things like chicken) but for large pots of soup. One time our soup got bad and my mom put this salt in it. It fixed it instantly

@eloycolombo7125

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@samwinchester7844

2 жыл бұрын

How can you fix a bad soup with salt? Does salt kill the bacteria/mold/worms in the food? Can you fix rotting meat with this salt?

@luketargett2233

2 жыл бұрын

@@samwinchester7844 its the flavour lol

@JPAnor

2 жыл бұрын

that s bs

@stisselux9371

2 жыл бұрын

@@samwinchester7844 i think he was a talking about the taste but i really don't think eating soup that went bad is safe.

*I never even knew this existed.*

@criessmiles3620

2 жыл бұрын

This is Africa where everything began Cheers from West Africa 🦅

Salute to you sir for the tradition you pass on!

This is Africa where everything began Cheers from West Africa 🦅

Business Insider: “why this special salt is so expensive”, “how this salt is so expensive”, “this salt is so expensive!” Viewers: “OH I WANNA KNOW WHY THIS ONE IS SO EXPENSIVE!”

@soullette

2 жыл бұрын

haha true

@Coltan999

2 жыл бұрын

Because this idiots need 8 days to proceed it. :D

@astayandablinkisastink9980

2 жыл бұрын

a big part that draws viewers is the culture (I think), though we do wanna know how the process goes that makes it expensive😆

This is not your typical salt. This must be potassium Chloride and not sodium Chloride (table salt) as we are used to. It's much better for your health, especially your heart as potassium is a very important electrolyte that more than 90% of people are deficient in. No wonder locals believe it has special effects, it really does. Everybody in western nations know it's better for you to substitute sodium chloride, and this salt (potassium chloride) made from reeds is just what we need. Nice video.

Great video, I had never even heard of this reed salt before. Not ridiculously expensive either, would be great to try

Necer heard of it Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up for support

Please make videos about why some things are so incredibly cheap, like for example regular salt or yeast (or whatever you want). I've never heard of most of the stuff in So Expensive, because, well, it's super-expensive

@ErikBramsen

Жыл бұрын

As a rule of thumb, the more expensive a product is, the more environmentally destructive it is. This is a good example: imagine how much river bank you have to plunder to get a ton of salt. They also note that muh climate change is destroying the ecosystem because... the locals are cutting down the trees - some of them used to produce this salt in open pans. The particle pollution must be off the charts.

@anni5385

Жыл бұрын

​@@ErikBramsen not true at all. palm oil is cheap, paper is cheap both incredibly destructive. Countries worth of forests and environments gone for their production. Bananas, gas , plastic! Come on bud

@ErikBramsen

Жыл бұрын

@@anni5385 Cheap compared to what and destructive compared to what? Do you suggest there's a less environmentally destructive way to produce oil and paper? Because both paper and digestible oils could probably be made from hydrocarbon feedstock much cheaper than growing them -- we already did this with margarine That way, we could get rid of all the slash-and-burn plantations in the Amazon and in the Indonesian rain forest, give the orangutans a break. But somehow I doubt your commitment to saving the planet goes that far, does it?

@anni5385

Жыл бұрын

@@ErikBramsen My only suggestion was that your "rule of thumb" is not always the case. In fact often an item or product being "cheap" causes a greater demand which is often supplied by countries in which environmental impact is not of great importance. Plastic is cheap, mass produced and thown away with no regard how many horrible issues do we have because of this cheap item? I have no qualms with you sir and was only trying to share my opinion that I feel your "rule" doesn't account for so much environmental destruction caused by cheap goods in high demand.

@anni5385

Жыл бұрын

@@ErikBramsen I understand and respect your opinion sir and I hope you have a great day.

Yet another type of salt that's only expensive because of its exotically-weird production process.

@TheBooban

2 жыл бұрын

Better than paying for bottled tap water.

@SophiaElibaby

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBooban true

@davidnelson7719

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBooban Not really, it is about the same.

Am Kenyan and didn't know we have such salt,will for sure try it out.

This is truly incredible! That is so much work. I wish there was a way I could help people like this directly (without paying a middleman most ov the profit for the least amount ov work)

anyone who knows basic chemistry is cringing at the ash water heated in an aluminum pan

@kieragard

2 жыл бұрын

Extra minerals my friend 😑

This has me thinking of very ancient tribes who did similar being far from salty waters... Can you imagine what it must have been like to add salt to say freshly roasted venison for the first time.

@jamesbizs

Жыл бұрын

Salt was used as a preservative. Not as an ingredient or garnish…. you didn’t put salt on fresh venison. You eat the fresh venison.

Super interesting!

Very intresting loved it❣️❣️❣️💟

Fascinating. There's always something new to learn. Something new to try. I'm so curious 🤔

@azeljoyportugues2580

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I didn't expect this one. I mean a burned reed, turned into this incredible salt.

How does one think to do this in the first place? Lol

This is so cool!!

I am so fascinated that I want to taste this salt

So I assume it's just good old NaCl (because these reeds contain more of it than most other plants) mixed with CaO as well as K2O, MgO and their carbonates like any plant ash tends to contain? Something that could be produced industrially for dollars per metric ton and has no inherent value apart from it being a pain to produce?

@dhruvakhera5011

2 жыл бұрын

well yea like pink salt but it is a local product so industries wouldn't really make it

@ragnarragnarsson3128

2 жыл бұрын

They should check the salinity of the river water

@farticlesofconflatulation

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a premium to pay for backbreaking labor regardless of how unnecessary it is. Just look at the difference in price between mined diamonds and lab grown.

@AllisterCaine

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I guess so. Any decent food chemist worth his salt (sorry) could put those guys out of business within a day or two.

@ragnarragnarsson3128

2 жыл бұрын

@@AllisterCaine but then the chemist couldn't sell his product as free trade cruelty free organic non gmo raw Reed salt 😉

A very interesting episode I am Kenyan and lived in Kenya all my life ,but didn’t even know such a salt existed Very educational indeed!

God bless business insider 🐇 Such a blessed channel! 🐒

Big respect for harvesting substainable 😀👍

Considering the labor involved and the scarcity of the resource the bigger question is why is River Reed Salt so cheap.

@ikill4less

2 жыл бұрын

Because salt is salt.

There is a glaring piece of information that I was waiting to learn more about but which never came and also in my research could not uncover: where does the salt come from? Do the reeds absorb the salt from the river? Do the reeds create the salt through a chemical process?

@ghodge82

2 жыл бұрын

I wondered that too.. not as scientific but where does the crystal form* or how Does it attach lol

@Aikano9

Жыл бұрын

The river is likely salty, the reeds absorb the salt water as it grows. The salt most certainly comes from the water.

@davidkimani7660

Жыл бұрын

think of sugar cane...i suppose

@jamesbizs

Жыл бұрын

@@davidkimani7660 lol. What? No! Not even remotely the same. Sugar cane makes the sugar. These reeds absorb the salt. Do you think sugar cane soil is sweet?

Seems pretty chill way to make a living.

Really Great efforts, would like to try the salt🌸

Andrew looks like the younger brother of his own sons

It's wild how a set of work gloves can change the lives of the folks in this video... something we take for granted, just buy a get of gloves online or from Walmart

@devtech4661

2 жыл бұрын

There ain’t a wallmart in kenia, nor does package delivery work properly

@_Painted

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah… and a coffee maker and filter to drip water into ash without needing a human to ladle water by hand and slowly trickle it on ash for hours.

@RajA-0202

2 жыл бұрын

@@devtech4661 it's Kenya bro, and secondly thats my point. 😒

@kabumanuw163

2 жыл бұрын

Lol...plastic gloves are clean?

@itgamingke

2 жыл бұрын

@@devtech4661 Kenya not kenia

I love how they pray first before they start their day. May God Bless you more 🙏🏼

Excellent

Buying at the locals for cheap and then the buyer sell it very expensive...that's the answer to your question..why the river reed salt is expensive..

I wonder if this can also be done with trees that grow in salty environments

@geraldmaxwell3277

2 жыл бұрын

The reeds are actually grown in fresh water so they do not have much NaCl but instead, have more of other salts like Magnesium and Potassium.

@martisbvk

2 жыл бұрын

This is not salt. It’s potash. So any plant that is high in potassium (very green, high cellulose) will yield potassium chloride.

@kiloton1920

2 жыл бұрын

@@martisbvk so basically we are being starved of many other mineral salts that we need? Other than what’s in table salt?

@minhducnguyen9276

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiloton1920 If it's refined salt it's mostly sodium and some iodine. If it's sea salt it will have some calcium, magnesium and manganese. If it's salt from the mine the concentration of other minerals will be higher, some say it enhances the flavour. While increasing the potassium content of salt will make it healthier (until it goes over 20% then it's becoming unhealthy), potassium chloride has a bitter albeit salty flavour. Not sure whether you can consider it an improvement.

Wisdom behind the people enguniety is just out of this world.. God bless these families and the world needs to protect this art of salt extraction....

Kumunyu kwa lukhayo👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

So early I beat the bots lol

@awmsquare-a4621

2 жыл бұрын

How would we know ur not a bot?? Huh?? 😌

@thesovietduck2121

2 жыл бұрын

yes

@CupContender

2 жыл бұрын

Dude u have no life

If this salt were from Japan, the price would've been 10s of times higher than what these guys are getting..

@deditsuwabuki1359

2 жыл бұрын

Because it's take lifetime to make salt? lol

@LasdilElizaga

2 жыл бұрын

$1 a tablespoon is already 10x expensive than table salt. so i would say it was priced right. only thing is they have to mass produce the reeds to have more extraction.

@marckobuendicho3883

2 жыл бұрын

They have their bamboo salt. Whoch is very, very expensive

Very interesting

Another salt I need to try. I have Icelandic, Celtic, pink Himalayan, a d 9x refined bamboo black salt. I bought each one after I watched the corresponding video on Business Insider

Doesn't running water through ash dissolve potassium hydroxide too?

@johnmike7809

2 жыл бұрын

Just Basic salt

@missingthe80s58

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. That's what was used to turn oils and fats into soap.

@johnmike7809

2 жыл бұрын

You missed my joke. Basic (lye) salt.

Chemically this salt is going to be very different from common table salts. It is going to have a lot of potassium chlorides and nitrates.

@anonofurbizness6400

Жыл бұрын

Primarily potassium chloride and carbonate, though no nitrates especially after combustion.

Nice video.

Amazing

This is my country and i didn't even know about it.Good job

@darvin_thegoat4755

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have Super mall in your country?

i just can't imagine how they discovered this way of salting.

@criessmiles3620

2 жыл бұрын

This is Africa where everything began Cheers from West Africa 🦅

@WillKrause21

2 жыл бұрын

My guess would be that people there noticed that the river water was really salty, and so they tried various plants from the river to extract salt, and it just worked best with these river reeds.

@olpiv5287

2 жыл бұрын

It was really a genius and amazing discovery!

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillKrause21 it would be a lot easier to evaporate the river water then.

@Nhan_nguyen271

2 жыл бұрын

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 the tree act as a filter and concentrate the salt inside it, if you dry the water there not much salt there

Watching from kenya

My cousin in Shenzhen will also produce it soon.

It cost so much because people are dumb enough to pay alot for it.That type of reed with grown nearly anywhere .

The videos in this series always make me want to try the product. I wonder if the taste of the river reed salt also is a bit smokey? No one mentions it.

@R.U.1.2.

2 жыл бұрын

Probably because it isn't.

I am born raised and still live in KENYA 🇰🇪 and i have never heard of this type of salt. What on earth.

Fantastic Journalism!